linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/apic/flat64: Add back the early_param("apic", parse

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Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 06:33:00 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, allison@...utok.net,
        alexios.zavras@...el.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        namit@...are.com, mikelley@...rosoft.com, longli@...rosoft.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/apic/flat64: Add back the early_param("apic",
 parse_apic)

On 5/28/20 11:37 PM, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> parse_apic() allows the user to try a different apic driver than the
> default one that's automatically chosen. It works for x86_32, but
> doesn't work for x86_64 becauase it was removed in 2009 for x86_64 by:
> commit 7b38725318f4 ("x86: remove subarchitecture support code"),
> whose changelog doesn't explicitly describe the removal for x86_64.
> 
> The patch adds back the functionality for x86_64. The intent is mainly
> to work around an APIC emulation bug in Hyper-V in the case of kdump:
> currently Hyper-V does not honor the disabled state of the local APICs,
> and all the IOAPIC-based interrupts may not be delivered to the correct
> virtual CPU, if the logical-mode APIC driver is used (the kdump
> kernel usually uses the logical-mode APIC driver, since typically
> only 1 CPU is active). Luckily the kdump issue can be worked around by
> forcing the kdump kernel to use physical mode, before the fix to Hyper-V
> becomes widely available.
> 
> IMHO the patch is safe because the current default algorithm to choose
> the apic driver is unchanged; the patch makes a difference only when
> the user specifies the apic= kernel parameter, e.g. "apic=physical flat".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hi,
Looks like you will also need to update
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt, where it says:

			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
			driver name.


> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
> index 7862b152a052..efbec63bb01f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
> @@ -23,9 +23,34 @@ static struct apic apic_flat;
>  struct apic *apic __ro_after_init = &apic_flat;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apic);
>  
> +static int cmdline_apic __initdata;
> +static int __init parse_apic(char *arg)
> +{
> +	struct apic **drv;
> +
> +	if (!arg)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	for (drv = __apicdrivers; drv < __apicdrivers_end; drv++) {
> +		if (!strcmp((*drv)->name, arg)) {
> +			apic = *drv;
> +			cmdline_apic = 1;
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Parsed again by __setup for debug/verbose */
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("apic", parse_apic);
> +
> +
>  static int flat_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
>  {
> -	return 1;
> +	if (!cmdline_apic)
> +		return 1;
> +
> +	return apic == &apic_flat;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 


-- 
~Randy